On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 05:38:20 -0400 Borden Rhodes said: > I use KDE. That may be part of the problem. > > I can trigger OOM with only with a browser (Firefox or Chromium) open > because it leaks memory on certain websites. Of course, I can trigger > it more quickly with other programs like LibreOffice running. I can > avoid some of those websites, but I'd rather have my computer not lock > up. I have more than enough RAM to run a modern operating system. > > So, with this information, how do I get OOM or some other > anti-resource-hogging system working on Linux so my computer doesn't > lock up? Did my kern.log provide any useful information? The stuff I > posted at https://paste.debian.net/1028268/ is all that got logged > during the lock up.
TBH I didn't look at the logs. At first, I thought it was a typical thrashing situation (where no OOM-killer would really help), but it turns out to be a kernel bug instead. Please see Reco's latest followups, and both Reco's and my suggestions about it. Regards -- Abdullah Ramazanoğlu
